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From School Library Journal
Grade 9-12-- This is the finale to a trilogy set in England during the 1960s that recasts fairy tales to relate the happenings of three boarding school roommates. The heroine this time is Bella, a dark-haired, 18-year-old beauty who has been subtly tormented by her jealous stepmother since childhood and shuttled off to school. Bella spends her summer break in London and Paris singing and living with a band comprised of seven young men. Soon she becomes the victim of a series of strange accidents provoked by women who bear a resemblance to her stepmother. Bella falls in love at first glance with a handsome American, Mark, whom she's sure she'll never meet again. She returns home where hostility between the two beauties erupts. Again, the stepmother nearly eliminates her "rival." However, Mark, Bella's Prince Charming, suddenly appears to rescue her. Told primarily through letters to the roommates mixed with first-person narratives, the story and characters fail to involve or excite readers. There are lots of slow passages. Although there are a few references to past events, this book can be read independently. In true fairy-tale fashion, the other two girls' romances are also wrapped up neatly in this happily-ever-after ending.
- Susan Rosenkoetter, Rochester Public Library,
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
Last in a trilogy about British schoolgirls whose lives parallel fairy tales, this not only depicts Bella's (Snow White's) rivalry with stepmother Marjorie but rounds out the stories of Megan (Rapunzel) and Alice (Sleeping Beauty). It's their hairdresser who fires Marjorie's insane jealousy by commenting on Bella's beauty. Bella, who sings, escapes to live with a band of seven musicians; Marjorie, disguised, tries to poison her (in their London digs and in Paris, where they go to perform) in ways that marvelously mimic Grimm's tale. Meanwhile, Bella has an affair with one of the musicians and falls in love at first sight with an American medical student who's providentially present on the third occasion Marjorie tries to do her in, with Calvados (apple brandy). Though the intriguing correspondences still dominate here, the characters' lives are also developed with some skill--Bella's disastrous relationship with Marjorie, the musicians' m‚nage, and the girls' different attitudes toward going to university are all believably detailed. Another solid performance from a writer distinguished for her imaginative power and fresh, vivid writing. (Fiction. 12+) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Grade 9-12-- This is the finale to a trilogy set in England during the 1960s that recasts fairy tales to relate the happenings of three boarding school roommates. The heroine this time is Bella, a dark-haired, 18-year-old beauty who has been subtly tormented by her jealous stepmother since childhood and shuttled off to school. Bella spends her summer break in London and Paris singing and living with a band comprised of seven young men. Soon she becomes the victim of a series of strange accidents provoked by women who bear a resemblance to her stepmother. Bella falls in love at first glance with a handsome American, Mark, whom she's sure she'll never meet again. She returns home where hostility between the two beauties erupts. Again, the stepmother nearly eliminates her "rival." However, Mark, Bella's Prince Charming, suddenly appears to rescue her. Told primarily through letters to the roommates mixed with first-person narratives, the story and characters fail to involve or excite readers. There are lots of slow passages. Although there are a few references to past events, this book can be read independently. In true fairy-tale fashion, the other two girls' romances are also wrapped up neatly in this happily-ever-after ending.
- Susan Rosenkoetter, Rochester Public Library,
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Kirkus Reviews
Last in a trilogy about British schoolgirls whose lives parallel fairy tales, this not only depicts Bella's (Snow White's) rivalry with stepmother Marjorie but rounds out the stories of Megan (Rapunzel) and Alice (Sleeping Beauty). It's their hairdresser who fires Marjorie's insane jealousy by commenting on Bella's beauty. Bella, who sings, escapes to live with a band of seven musicians; Marjorie, disguised, tries to poison her (in their London digs and in Paris, where they go to perform) in ways that marvelously mimic Grimm's tale. Meanwhile, Bella has an affair with one of the musicians and falls in love at first sight with an American medical student who's providentially present on the third occasion Marjorie tries to do her in, with Calvados (apple brandy). Though the intriguing correspondences still dominate here, the characters' lives are also developed with some skill--Bella's disastrous relationship with Marjorie, the musicians' m‚nage, and the girls' different attitudes toward going to university are all believably detailed. Another solid performance from a writer distinguished for her imaginative power and fresh, vivid writing. (Fiction. 12+) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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